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Foreign Office unit tracking Israel’s potential breaches of international law closes due to cuts

Exclusive: Officials warn department will also lose access to database of 26,000 verified incidents due to cutsThe Foreign Office unit tracking potential breaches of international law by Israel in Gaz...

UK prepared to deploy RAF Typhoons to keep strait of Hormuz open after Iran war

Proposal at heart of offer made during a 30-country two-day meeting jointly organised by FranceMiddle East crisis – live updatesBritain is prepared to deploy a squadron of RAF Typhoons based in Qatar...

Global Counsel, lobbying firm set up by Mandelson, went bust owing £4.5m just before his arrest – as it happened

Firm went bust in February amid fallout from the scandal over Mandelson’s links to Jeffrey EpsteinLittle says in March she had a meeting when she asked to see the Foreign Office’s documentation about...

UK braces for price rises driven by Iran war as economic confidence plummets

Consumer confidence hit its lowest level since October 2023 this month, with surveys showing the cost pressures companies are facingConfidence in the UK economy has fallen sharply amid the mounting ec...

Olly Robbins refused to give Mandelson vetting summary to Cabinet Office, says Cat Little

In evidence to MPs, Cabinet Office top civil servant disputes that her department suggested vetting might not be neededThe Foreign Office refused to hand over a summary of Peter Mandelson’s security v...

Campaign launched to reunite young Britons with forgotten savings accounts

HMRC is contacting 21-year-olds as part of a new awareness drive around lost child trust funds, with an average balance of £2,200Rather than demanding money, HMRC is giving it away for once with a new...

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Nine in 10 UK voters across parties support right to abortion, poll finds

YouGov survey shows cross-party consensus – but that many fear abortion access could be reduced New polling has found that whatever their party political leanings, an overwhelming majority of people s...

UK to pay for French officers to deport asylum seekers from war-torn countries

Removal site in Dunkirk will hold people of 10 nationalities trying to reach UK in small boats under new £660m deal with FrenchThe UK will pay for 200 French officers to detain and deport people seeki...

Former Labour MP calls for Starmer to face Commons committee over Mandelson vetting

Karl Turner, who lost Labour whip after criticising PM and No 10, calls for privileges committee to examine if Starmer misled parliamentA former Labour MP has joined opposition parties calling for Kei...

UK undershoots annual borrowing target by £700m

Figure hits three-year low but Iran war expected to blow hole in Reeves’s fiscal ‘headroom’The UK government budget came in below its annual borrowing target by £700m, official figures show – but the...

In Peter Mandelson evidence, Cat Little had the best weapon: an audit trail

Where Olly Robbins relied on recollections, Cabinet Office’s top civil servant was at pains to link her account to paper trail Seen through the Westminster bubble, the Peter Mandelson vetting affair l...

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More than 500 people killed in Tanzania election violence, inquiry finds

Opposition parties accused security forces but the official report does not say who was responsible.

Five things we learned from Cat Little’s evidence to MPs about the Mandelson saga

Top civil servant reveals more details of vetting process and lack of paper trail for approval of appointmentUK politics live – latest updatesIn more than 90 minutes of evidence to the foreign affairs...

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Smoking ban announced for people born after 2008 in the UK

The government intends to rein in smoking, one of the top causes of preventable death in the country The post Smoking ban announced for people born after 2008 in the UK appeared first on NME.

Bibby Stockholm asylum barge contractor admits overcharging UK government £118m

Australia’s Corporate Travel Management is ‘negotiating commercial arrangements’ to refund the moneyThe Australian company that ran the Bibby Stockholm asylum barge has admitted it overcharged the Bri...

‘This is not the country I moved to’: the British Indians showing support for Nigel Farage

Savitha Prakash, a first-generation immigrant running in local elections in Harrow, says Reform UK aims to ‘put Britain first’Savitha Prakash, an NHS doctor living in the London borough of Harrow, bel...

Starmer urged to bring in ticket-touting ban as resellers target Big Weekend

Industry groups dismayed at hints policy will not be in king’s speech, as touts make huge sums from BBC Radio 1 eventKeir Starmer has been urged to honour his pledge to ban ticket touting, amid fears...

Rise of the ‘ghost owner’: 18,000 UK vehicles in use without proper records

Exclusive: Labour MP calls on DVLA to take action, saying speeding, hit and runs and other crimes are going unpunishedMore than 18,000 vehicles are being used in the UK without proper records of where...